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Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) Bill 2012

Type

Private

Originating house

House of Representatives

Status

Not Proceeding

Sponsor

WILKIE, Andrew, MP

Summary

Introduced with the Public Interest Disclosure (Whistleblower Protection) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2012, the bill establishes a framework to facilitate public interest disclosures by public officials and provides those officials with protections by providing for: processes for who can make a public interest disclosure and to whom; the conduct of investigations; public interest disclosures to third parties; the obligations of agencies; legal protections of disclosers; and oversight of the disclosures.

Progress of bill

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